The shipwreck (Bruges version, 1759) - Vernet
Date :
1759
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
96x134,5 cm
Storage Location :
0000.GRO0191.I
Description
History :
2. Series of four paintings commissioned by Marquis Voyer d'Argenson in January 1758. Only one was paid fifty louis in 1759 (1200 livres). If the painting was exhibited at the 1759 Salon, it was under the heading "68. Tableaux du même Auteur sous le même Numero." Three paintings by Vernet are specifically described in the 1759 Salon Booklet, two Ports de Bordeaux and a Vue de la Ville d'Avignon.
Cat. Ingersoll Smouse, n°725.
3. Engraved by J. B. Poly.
Technical Data
Notice #001319
Past ID :
A0638
Image editing :
Image web